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[ed boy]

I've recently got my hands on an enormous cooking pot. It's 50cm across, 33cm deep, and can hold over 60 litres.

I'm looking for something I can do with it. I'm a student, so nothing too expensive, please.

Any suggestions?

[VerdantSF]

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/soups-stews-and-chili/

[LeoLeonardoIII]

I'd suggest getting into some kind of cooking co-op or trade group where people show up and trade food they've made. You can cook up a shitload of food at once (soups are a good example, you make a good hot and sour soup and there's a slice of the population that will growl and stare hungrily like February wolves) and trade it out, getting possibly less food in return but a great variety.

You can also meet cool people.

[wierd]

This is perfect for my mother's chicken and noodles.
Don't let the seemingly strange ingredients put you off-- everyone I've made it for loves it.

Sadly, I live in the US, so my measures are imperial. If you are of the metric pursuasion, there are many conversion apps available.


Ingredients:

At least 1lb of chicken. Preferably a whole baked chicken, or baked chicken leftovers, deboned, shredded.
(My mom used leftovers.)

1 5oz bag of dry egg noodles
1 8oz can of unsweetened evaporated milk.
3 small cans of sliced black olives
1 family size (16oz?) Bag of peeled baby carrots, sliced.
2 whole cellery, diced.
1 tbs turmeric
1 tbs curry powder
1 and 1/2 tbs knorr brand "hispanic variety" chicken bullion. (Caldo de pollo).
(It absolutely, positively must be that brand. I have searched everywhere for a suitable substitute for the stock base mom originally used in the 80s, and it is no longer available-- the knorr bullion is the closest substitute I have ever found.)

Optional: 3 large potatoes, peeled, sliced.


In a large stock pot, combine carrots, celery, (potatoes), spices and bullion with enough water to cover. Place over medium to medium high heat. When the water begins to bubble, open the cans of olives, and put the entire contents of the cans into the pot, juice and all. Add the chicken, and stir into the vegetables.

Continue cooking for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until the carrots (and potatoes) have become half-cooked. Add the evaporated milk and the noodles.

Cook another 10 to 15 minutes, or until carrots and noodles are both soft, and fully cooked.

Allow to cool before serving, as the soup will be inedibly hot fresh from the stove.
Serve with hot dinner rolls, or fresh baked bread. (Storebought wheat dinner rolls are fine.)

The bullion should provide more than enough salt, but your mileage may vary. A small amount of black pepper at serving time can be a good compliment, but use sparingly.

[Helgoland]

You could start moonshining - that pot sounds perfect for making a wash and then using it as part of a still. And constructing a still head is rather easy.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Read up on the legality of making wine, beer, and distilled spirits in your state or other jurisdiction. You may be in the clear with some or all. Also beware using the wrong metals.

[Helgoland]

Any common metal but lead should be fine. On legality: It's very probable that it's illegal to distill alcohol where you live, but as long as you stay noncommercial, nobody's going to care. And even if they do, you can always bribe them with a bottle of homemade schnapps~

[wierd]

Muh famlee dun bin makin' moonshine up'n deese he'r parts four yeears!
T'Aint nuttin' wrong wif usin an ol' radiator as de' condensinator!
Dem's Dirty lies!
Muh grandpappy dun tol' me so!

(.... wow. I need to not do that. Really. I feel dumber now.)

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Snake Dynasty?

[wierd]

Worse...

(Relatives from Oklahoma.)